Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-15
MONDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1887,

beginning at 9 O'Clock a m, sell at public auc-
ton, ut the front door ofthe Court HOu-e Of Ohio
county, West Virginia, the tract of land belong
ing to the Northwest Virginia Agricultural 80
ciety. kuo vn as the "OLD FAIR GROUND
PROPERTY" situated on Wheeling Island, north
OF Zane street, and west Of North Huron sire I,
and containing, when measured 10 the Top OF The
liver bank, twenty-five and twelye.h undredths
acres. The tract extends, and Will be sold, fully
to the river.
Under authority OF raid decree the said com
miSsiOners have caused the property 70 be diyid-
ed into arCels, and have laid of streets and
alleys through the same. A plat, showing the
Arrangement of blocks, lots, streets and alleys,
has been prepared. and may be seen at the Office
of George Hook, Clerk of the County Court OF
Ohio county. Printed copies Of said plat may,
on and after October list, be had Of the under
signed.
The property will frt be offered as a whole.
afterwards in blocks, and then In lots, as shown
on the plat, and will be sold in whichever way
may appear the most advantageous When Of
Tered in blocks, the blocks numbered five and
six NAV be offered together as one parcel. When
oaeredin lots. two contiguous lots may he offered
together. II bidders so desire, II the whole tract
be sold to one purchaser, the streets, alleys and
lots may be disregarded He, in such case, be-
comes the purchaser OF the streets ana alleys
within the boundaries Of the tract.
II any block be sold separately 10 one pur-
chaser, he, of course, may disregard the lot lines
within the block, but alleys must be opened. II
the blocks numbered nye ana SIX De SOI0 10
gether 10 one purchaser, the street running be-
tween said blocks, AM the alley running through
block FIVE, may be disregarded, at the election Of
such purchaser, 10 be made and declared at the
time o the purchase II he so elect 10 disregard
land cloSel said street and alley. then the south
end Of saidStreet where 1t passes through block
seven, fronting on Zane street, and extending
north 10 the alley parallel with Zane street, will
be sold as a lot or lots.
There are on said Fair Ground tract more than
two hundred and Thirty IL es, Of which about
eighty are Lombsrdy Poplar, OF the rem indef
the greater part are Maple. Allof said trees are
well grown, probably more than half Of them
having trunks q foot or more In diameter.
TERMS OF S~ALE-Fsch purchaser 70 pay IN
hand one-tEird, At least Of his purchase money:
and as much more thereof as he may choose, snd
the residue, If any, in two equal instruments
bearing interest from the day OF sale, and pay
able respectively, in one and two years thereSf.
ter. the deferred payments 10 be secured BY
no;es with good personal security. But If any
purchaser pay in hand cne-half, or more, OF his
purchase money, his notes for the deferred install.
ments ofihe same shall be taken without personal
security. in every case, however, the tile mus
be retained as security until payment in full
GEORGE B. CALDWELL,
WM. ERsKISE,
Special Commissioners.
l certify that bond has been given by said
Special Commissioners, as required b. said de
cree. JOHN ". MITCHELL,
sep2b Clerk Of said Court